What's Out There?
This spring we have a blockbuster lineup of astronomy lectures, thanks to the talented researchers that work at the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics at U of T. Here's a snapshot of what's coming up.
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| Herschel's 40-foot telescope, constructed between 1778 and 1798 (Public Domain). |
Galactic Bubble RCW120 (European Space Agency, Herschel Telescope) |
Other talks in the series include:
Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) in the New Millennium, Thursday, May 21, 7 pm at Beaches Branch with Dr. Duy Cuong Nguyen. Dr. Nguyen asks the question: can we find intelligent life elsewhere in the universe, a possibility which has fired the imaginations of dreamers and scientists alike?
Painting the Moons in the Outer Solar System? Thursday, May 21, 7 pm at Mount Pleasant Branch. Daniel Tamayo will expand on how recent discoveries have revealed a surprising process that has transformed the surfaces of distant moons of the giant planets.
Alien worlds, extraterrestrial life, the birth and death of stars, cosmic catastrophes, black holes and dark matter: the real universe is more amazing than anything found in science fiction. The library hosts
For a decade, Dr. Keith Vanderlinde has built telescopes to study the universe. In this talk, he looks at how some of the same technologies that have made cell phones and video games staples of modern culture, have been put to work building a massive radio telescope in Penticton, B.C. which will map a larger volume of space than ever before attempted.
The Universe is very large and all of it is very far away. Even the edge of the solar system is inexplicably far away. Come and hear about how we have used telescopes and space missions to learn about our solar system and beyond. With Jielei Zhang.
Amaury Triaud, whose research has led to the confirmation of 48 new nearby exoplanetary systems, discusses how one finds a planet and the techniques that will soon tell us whether life forms have arisen on planets outside our solar system.
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